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Farrow and ball colours mixed locally?
Ramble66 replied to ACBP's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Whites! You gave to buy farrow and ball testers to decide colour as they say they can't mix such small quantities accurately enough. -
house survey/plans - recommendations please
Ramble66 replied to sylviamaria's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Try Chryssanthi Perpatidou - she did great plans for our old flat and now helping us with our new house refurb. Very reasonably priced too. [email protected]/07860 459826 -
Never had bites myself but Beverley Jenik is local and meant to be good. https://www.facebook.com/SeAestheticBeauty
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So sorry for your loss. Sophie - you can call a rescue centre if it's not your cat. They have emergency vets or all areas gave an emergency vet. Around here I'd call Celia Hammond in lewisham if I found an injured cat.
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Car seat for 1 year old+ - recommendations please!
Ramble66 replied to henrysmum's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Another vote for Margaret. We have the axkid mini kid -
There's now a Catford Mums and Dads Facebook page. :-)
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Sarah - yes I'll be working from home. The CCC is great. Good beer, food and staff. Quite dark so not great on sunny days but an amazing building. Saw the Pheomix cafe yesterday. It's on the corner of Northwood road and stanstead road. Looks nice. Also found out yesterday that the Van dough pizza van do takeaway pizza on Thursday nights from the St George's church car park on Vancouver Road. :-)) http://www.vandough.co.uk
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Trying to buy a house in this area is near impossible
Ramble66 replied to Grotty's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
The prices in hither green have gone mental too.I doubt you'd get a 3 bed near the station for 550K now. The whole south east has sky rocketed. I personally don't think ED is worth the premium. No offence. We were sad to leave ED but love where we moved to and could still be in ED within 15-20Minutes or a fiver taxi ride. -
Catford meet up would be great!! Not sure where the Phoenix cafe is either?? We are loving the Catford constitutional Club and the beer garden (and beer) at The Blythe Hill Tavern.
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Trying to buy a house in this area is near impossible
Ramble66 replied to Grotty's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
All the estate agents we got valuations from used 'if you sell through us we'll give you priority on viewings' line. When I emailed one estate agent, who had given us a valuation, about a property they'd sent me details for, they replied saying there was a priority viewing for their vendors and therefore no room for us, unless of course we decided to sell through them. Blatant blackmail. -
Good luck. Ours could still go wrong too but feeling positive now. Surveys and mortgages sorted so near exchange. It's so nerve wrecking. Fingers crossed for you. Would be lovely to all meet up.
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I'd be up for a meet up too. I have a 15month old.
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All being well, we're moving to the forest hill side of Catford too. We're looking forward to it. good pub, good park, good transport and not far from Brockley, HOP or FH/ Hopefully see you there!
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Trying to buy a house in this area is near impossible
Ramble66 replied to Grotty's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
We only pay estate agent fees if we sell. There are so few properties on the market and as prices are rising it would be silly for buyers to pull out. We haven't heard back from the surveys yet. I would be surprised if there was some 'undervaluing'. -
Trying to buy a house in this area is near impossible
Ramble66 replied to Grotty's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
There's too much competition to do that. You basically have to submit your CV when you out in an offer. We started looking before putting our flat on the market and it soon became clear we would never have our offer accepted until we had a buyer. When we put in a offer we were expected to supply solicitors details for ourselves and our buyer, our deposit, our mortgage agreement, our buyers details all before the estate agent would put our offer forward. When we put the flat on the estate agent just said it was tough on the buyers if we didn't find anything and decided to pull out....... -
Trying to buy a house in this area is near impossible
Ramble66 replied to Grotty's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Righty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > > In a more practical question - is the Blythe Hill > area of SE6 and SE23 very nice at all? We are > looking to move out of our beloved Nunhead for > more space (at cheaper price)! > > Any views welcome (particularly on schools and > whether the area has/will improve)! > > Thanks! I think it's a good bet. At least I hope so. We're in the process of buying near there. Good schools (holbeach, stillness, rathfern), good park (Blythe hill and waterway), 10-15min walk to HO, 20 to FH. Bus to Brockley, forest hill, east dulwich. Good transport (st pancras, blackfrairs, canon street, charing cross, London bridge), good housing stock, cheaper, good pubs (family friendly Blythe hill tavern, cool Catford Consitutional Club, Camden pub co have bought the catford bridge tavern). I also think Catford will either get an extension of the overground (new cross branch) or the DLR. Possibly both. We're really happy with the feel for the area. -
Advice on where to buy first shoes
Ramble66 replied to Fragolina's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Also recommend gently elephant. I'd also say try to wait as long as possible. The longer they can walk without shoes the better. We just used moccis until she wanted to walk outside. -
Cranial Osteopath recommendation please!
Ramble66 replied to kayp's topic in The Family Room Discussion
david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is the qualification criteria to declare > oneself a "cranial osteopath"? > > Which medical board do they report to in the event > of malpractice? 4-5 year full time honours degree and postgraduate training in Cranial. Lizzie Lomax also has a masters degree in paediatric osteopathy. The General Osteopathic Council. http://www.osteopathy.org.uk -
John Lewis Sheep skin liner on s Bee plus
Ramble66 replied to Sellena's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Do you mean the footmuff? I've threaded the ties at the top of the liner under the hood and tied them, on each side, to the 'buttons' that the hood attaches to. Does that make sense? I also considered putting a piece of Velcro on to secure it a little more but haven't felt the need yet. -
Reusable Nappies - yey or ney. Advice please.
Ramble66 replied to Giacomelli's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Love cloth, saved lots. I use big wet bag from tiny nippers and it keeps in smells. I do. A wash every other night. In the colder months I use the Lakeland heated airier (amazing!, sock airers are brilliant for nappies too (Ikea Socktapus!) We use pockets. We didn't find microfibre nappies to be absorbent enough. Favourites are fuzzy ink, tots bots easy fits and Charlie banana. I also have little lamb bamboo and itti bitti. Great absorbency but slower drying. I started at 5 days with teeny fits and little lamb size 1. I bought these preloved and sold them on 3 months later for ?5 less than I paid. We use a disposable at night for convenience. -
Plantation shutters for family home
Ramble66 replied to Anna27's topic in The Family Room Discussion
We used nationwide shutter loads cheaper than other quotes we got. -
alternative holiday ideas - around Malaga?
Ramble66 replied to Ellie78's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Been going to Nerja most years since I was 5!! Greenelf - we stay at Verona azul apartments. Go to El Pulguilla for great busy tapas bar. -
Any tips for breastfeeding at a wedding... outfit etc?
Ramble66 replied to MrsMc's topic in The Family Room Discussion
I went to wedding when LO was 6 weeks. I wore a skirt and took 2 tops. I wore baby in a ring sling and fed in this. You can use the tail as a cover for discretion. I wore dark tops as I was still leaking a lot then.
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